East Coast’s Biggest Esports Event ESL One New York to be held In Brooklyn for Four More Years

Next ESL One New York event to be held September 16 & 17, 2017 

Brooklyn, N.Y., December 2016 — Barclays Center has been named the home to ESL One’s North American flagship event and the biggest esports tournament on the East Coast. ESL One New York will be held at the Brooklyn venue for the next four years, with the next event scheduled for September 16 & 17, 2017.  Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.com beginning Thursday, December 15 at 10 a.m. and more information can be found at esl-one.com.

ESL One New York, produced by ESL, the world’s largest esports company as a part of international entertainment group MTG, and AEG, the strategic long-term global partner of ESL, made its Barclays Center debut on October 1 and 2 of this year. The event set records with attendance of 8,500 fans on each of the main event days, and generated a total of 20 million unique online viewers. The weekend event featured the world’s best Counter Strike: Global Offensive teams battling for a share of the $250,000 prize pool with more than 1,000 hopefuls fighting for the $75,000 Street Fighter V purse in the Score eSports Brooklyn Beatdown.